- coop - #pull [[cooperative]] - ownership system - collective - #pull [[collective]] - management system - A cooperative, on the other hand, is a collective specifically formed for mutual benefit, generally of an economic type, such as making money or saving money by working together. - - >So when we are talking about a democratically owned and governed business, it’s important to keep in mind the following: a worker collective is always a worker cooperative, but a worker cooperative is not always a worker collective. (Similar to the math rule that a square is always a rectangle, but a rectangle is not always a square.) - https://cdi.coop/coop-cathy-coops-and-collectives-difference - collective is a group of entities - https://business.laws.com/business-activity/collective - Collectives do not, of necessity, have to be focused on economic benefit and can instead be focused on political power, for example. - [[types of cooperatives]] -